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Hugh James MacInnis Jr.
Hugh James MacInnis Jr. died suddenly on Sunday morning, Jan. 3, 2016, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital where he was born. He was 74. Hugh was a true son of the Island, as his name Mac Innis — Gaelic...
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Phyllis M. Gourley
Phyllis M. Gourley died on Dec. 25, 2015, at home in Tucson, Ariz. She was 90. Phyllis was born on August 27, 1925, in Norwood, to Martin and Ella McDonald. She graduated from Canton High School, where...
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M. Danielle Kish
M. Danielle (Yarbrough) Kish of Edgartown and Oak Bluffs died unexpectedly on Dec. 29, 2015, after a joyous Christmas weekend filled with family, friends, and celebrations. She was 90. Born on Sept....
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Lillian Strauss Kellman
Lillian Strauss Kellman, a gifted storyteller, died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 in Menemsha. She was 89. Lillian S. Kellman Lillian was born on May 8th, 1926 to Sophie and Joseph Strauss and grew up in...
View ArticleDonald Edward Turnell
Donald Edward Turnell of Lewes, Del., formerly of Oak Bluffs, died on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at Christiana Care Health Systems, in Newark, Del., after a very short battle with leukemia. He was 69....
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Pete Huttlinger
Guitarist, composer and medical marvel Pete Huttlinger died Friday, Jan. 15) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville at the age of 54. He was surrounded in his final hours by family,...
View ArticleVernon Laux, well known Island birder and columnist, dies at 60
Vernon “Vern” Laux of Nantucket, a beloved self-taught birder who was widely known on Martha’s Vineyard, where for years he lived and contributed birding columns, first to the Vineyard Gazette and...
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Herbert L. Abrams
Herbert Leroy Abrams, physician, researcher, author, and activist, died peacefully at home in Palo Alto, California, on January 20, 2016, surrounded by family. He was 95. Herbert L. Abrams His...
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Elizabeth Bennett Smith
Elizabeth Bennett Smith, affectionately known to many as Libby, died peacefully at Essex Meadows Health Center, surrounded by her family and the healthcare staff, on January 4, 2016. She was almost 92...
View ArticleMarion Brush Landfors
Marion Brush Landfors of East Walpole died January in E. Walpole. She was 90 years old. Born, raised, and wed on Martha’s Vineyard, she was a daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. David C. Brush of...
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Robert A. Lunbeck
Robert Ashton Lunbeck died peacefully at home in Audubon, Pennsylvania, on January 21, surrounded by family. He was 88. Robert A. Lunbeck Born December 1, 1927, in Toledo, Ohio, to Wayne E. and Dorothy...
View ArticleServices Thursday for Otis A. Rogers, Jr.
Otis A. Rogers, Jr., 92, of Oak Bluffs died on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was the husband of Mary Kidder Rogers who predeceased him on Nov. 21, 2015. His funeral mass...
View ArticleService Sunday for Hugh James MacInnis Jr.
A funeral service is scheduled Sunday for Hugh James MacInnis Jr. who died Sunday morning, Jan. 3, 2016, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital where he was born. He was 74. His service will be held at...
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Dyan Walsh Espindle
Dyan Walsh Espindle, formerly of Vineyard Haven, died suddenly on January 23 in Punta Gorda, Florida. She was 66. Dyan was a hospice nurse on Martha’s Vineyard. She is survived and loved by her husband...
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Jo Ann Fitzpatrick Brown
Jo Ann Fitzpatrick Brown, whose warm smile and uncommonly generous ways were well known to many throughout the Berkshires, died peacefully at her home in Stockbridge on January 28th, after a courageous...
View ArticleThomas Rodman Goethals Jr.
Mr. Thomas Rodman Goethals Jr. of West Tisbury died on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was 95. A complete obituary will follow in a future edition. Arrangements are under the...
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Chester J. Wisniewski
Chester (Chet) Wisniewski of Menemsha died one year ago on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, at his winter home in West Tisbury. He would have been 94 this March. Chet was born on March 20, 1921, in Syracuse,...
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Christopher D. Righter
Christopher Downer Righter of Natick and Vineyard Haven died on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, at the Stanley Tippett Home after a seven-month battle with cancer. He was 78. Chris was born on August 17, 1937,...
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Mark C. Martin
Mark Craig Martin of Vineyard Haven, a man of quick wit who had a talent for writing letters to the editors of the local newspapers, and posting comments that stirred the Islanders social media pot and...
View ArticleBill Morancy
“We’ll never run out of ideas,” Bill Morancy would often exult after he’d complete taping the cable television show, “Talking About Movies,” for Onion River Public Access in Montpelier, Vt. It was a...
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